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File-This May 2, 2018, file photo shows actress Diane Neal posing at a diner, during an interview in Kingston, N.Y. Neal will be on the November ballot as an independent congressional candidate in a sprawling upstate New York district after winning a court case over her petition signatures. The state Board of Elections last month rejected over 1,800 of the more than 4,100 signatures on Neal's petition to get on the ballot in the 19th Congressional District. On Monday, Sept. 17, 2018, the state Supreme Court Appellate Division ruled in Neal's favor in her challenge of the decision. Democrat Antonio Delgado is challenging Republican Rep. John Faso to represent the district north of the New York City metro area. Neal portrayed Assistant District Attorney Casey Novak on &quot;Law and Order: SVU.&quot; She hasn't held political office and lives in the Ulster County village of Hurley. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Actress Diane Neal wins appeal, gets on congressional ballot

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FILE - In this May 2, 2018, file photo, Diane Neal poses at a diner during an interview in Kingston, N.Y., discussing her campaign for the 19th congressional district. It looks like curtains for &quot;Law and Order&quot; actress Neal in her bid for a new role as congresswoman from a sprawling upstate New York district. Neal tells the Times Herald-Record Friday, Aug. 24, she's confident she'll succeed in appealing the decision to the state Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Mary Esch, File)

Ballot petition nixed for ‘Law and Order’ actress Diane Neal

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FILE - In this June 10, 2012, file photo, actress Diane Neal poses during the opening ceremony of the 2012 Monte Carlo Television Festival in Monaco. The former &quot;Law and Order&quot; actress has set her sights on a new gig as representative of a sprawling congressional district in upstate New York, launching her campaign on Wednesday, May 2, 2018, as an independent candidate in the 19th Congressional District. The district is a key battleground in the midterm elections, with Democrats targeting the seat of first-term Republican Rep. John Faso. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, File)

‘Law and Order’ actress Diane Neal seeks House seat

By MARY ESCH - Associated Press